Yearly event honors local citizens

Paula Riggs, the former executive director with the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, presents Randy Valley with the chamber’s annual lifetime achievement award during this year’s chamber banquet Saturday evening.

Photo by Brian S. Orban

The American spirit from the Roaring 20s nearly a century ago filled the air at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge on Saturday as representatives with the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce celebrated the accomplishments of two people who received yearly honors.

Honored during the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce’s Installation Banquet that evening, Jeff Paradis and Patti Ferrell joined the nearly 70 other individuals that earned these awards since 1993.

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